Jamaica Line Fleet List
Fleet List of the Jamaica Line Showing Ownership, Nationality, Name of Ship, Year Placed in Service, and Gross Tonnage. Gross tonnage equals cubic feet of all enclosed space divided by 100. Notations Regarding the Ship (if any), Such as Previous Name or Renaming, are shown after the Gross Tonnage.
JAMAICA BANANA PRODUCERS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
(British)
The Jamaica Line was formed in 1929 as the Jamaica Direct Fruit Line by the Jamaica Banana Producers Association of Kingston (an organization of independent growers). Four steamers were purchased to transport passengers and general cargo from London to Rotterdam and Jamaica and ship back bananas to Europe. Most banana boats had some passenger capacity.
- Jamaica Merchant (1911) 7,490
- Jamaica Producer (1934) 5,325
- Jamaica Pioneer (1931) 5,349
- Jamaica Progress (1934) 5,351
- Jamaica Planter (1936) 4,098
Smith, Eugene W., Passenger Ships of the World: Past and Present, Boston: George H. Dean Company, 1963.
